But this encompassment of her own characterization, based on shreds of convention, peopled by phantoms and voices antipathetic to her, was a sorry and mistaken creation of Tess's fancy-a cloud of moral hobgoblins by which she was terrified without reason.
"Tess of the d'Urbervilles A Pure Woman"
Thomas Hardy
The encompassment of the fort was attempted, but it was impossible to force through the abatis and other obstacles under the destructive fire of the enemy.
"The Franco-German War of 1870-71"
Count Helmuth, von Moltke
But now, as under the spell of a new encompassment of her own weaving, she seemed to revert to her former self, sinking, relaxed, into a wicker lounge beside the basin, one long and shapely hand in the water, the other idle in her lap.
"The Inside of the Cup, Complete"
Winston Churchill Last Updated: March 5, 2009